Cub Scout Day Camp

Bob and his son Gary learning about the Character Counts program.

Cub Scout Day Camp was a blast! Bob Sundre (Bear Leader), Rulaine Nash (awesome mom), and myself led 9 excited Cub Scouts through 5 days of Space themed activities. This years theme was "Out of this World". We left the church a little after 7am each morning, from June 15-19, and came home around 1:30. Thank you so much to our drivers, Bob Sundre and Rulaine Nash!!! The pictures shown are just a few that were taken during our 5 day adventure.

Rulaine and her son Isaac building a squirrel feeder

Day 1:Activities

Asteroid Volleyball -(the boys used waterballoons and towels.) Moon Footprints/Mission Control Log- (Bob was seperated from us and became a "volunteer" to help out in this activity. The boys made a mold out of their footprints in sand and then plaster of paris was poured over it to create a Moon footprint.) The boys also made booklets that they could journal in. Tag Your Planet-The boys stamped and dyed leather to create a necklace for all the beads they were earning. B.B. Gun Shooting-The boys did awesome, and Gavin Short scored enough points to earn a 2009 Junior Shooting Team Rifle Patch. Good job Gavin!

Bob shows Gavrie how to make a moon footprint.

Kameron plays Character Counts Bingo.

Gavin spins the Character Counts wheel.

Day 2:Activities

Astronaut Character Training-The Tulare County Department of Education talked about the pillars of Character and played spin the wheel and bingo with the Cub Scouts. An interesting quote overheard from one of our cubs during this activity was "I swore to myself I would never pick up a piece of paper after school was out. " We got a laugh from this comment.

Alien Creature-The Cubs made salt dough and created their own Alien Creature with pipe cleaner, cookie cutters, and eyes.

Alien Nature Walk-An informational walk from a Boy Scout leader who also happened to be a bioligist. The boys collected quite a few specimens along the way.

Map & Compass- We learned how to read a compass, as well as how to determine how far to walk when reading a map. The boys found a geo cache treasure at the end. (Jolly Ranchers).

Gary and Ethen show how fun it is to make Alien Creatures.

Isaac and Lane enjoying themselves during the Alien Creature class.

Lane and Moses join other scouts and take a rest on the Alien Nature Walk.

Gary , Mason and Ethen wait for instructions during the Alien Creature Class.

Day 3 Activities:

Astro-"Knots"- The boys learned how to tie a slip knot, bow-line knot and square knot.

First Aid-We made Nasa First Aid kits, and practiced what to do for various injuries. The Cubs had allot of fun pretending to be injured.

Puppets-The boys made paperbag puppets that looked like Aliens.

Frisbee Golf-Another fun activity, that wore us out.

Gary learns how to splint broken arms on Moses, while Gavrie and Isaac have fun.

Moses and Gavrie treat a seriously injured Lane during their Nasa Medical Training. Day 4 Activities:

Jedi Training-The cubscouts battled against other young padawans. The force was strong with the younglings.

Paint Alien Creatures-They painted the salt dough creatures.

Lowes Project-Lowes came out and had different kits for the kids to build.

Archery-The long awaited Archery training, wasn't a disappointment for our boys.

Gavin battles it out with another youngling.

Gavrie battles hard to survive this epic struggle The boys decided that if they had to choose a hunter, Ethen would be the cubscout for the job.

Moses watches on, as Kameron takes aim at his target.

Day 5 Activities:

Solar Mobiles

Lunar Rover-The boys had to build a lunar rover and then race it.

Astronaut Training-A vigourous obstacle course for young astronauts

Water Rocket Relay-A wet adventure for leaders and Cubscouts

Air Rockets-Chaos, Waterballoons and Rockets-you get the picture.

We had a fun filled week, and the boys passed off allot of requirements.

Wolf:

Outdoor Flag Ceremony-requirement 2F;elective 11F

Obstacle Course-requirement 1B,1C,1D,1E,1F,1G,1K;elective 4A

First Aid Station-requirement 3C;elective 16C, 18G

Lowes Wood Project-requirement 5D, 5E

Astronauts Character Training-requirement 6A,7A,9A,10A,11A, 12A

Astro-Knots-elective 1A

Archery-elective 20C

BB shooting-elective 20N

Other Electives-12F, 18F, 20 O, 23D, 23E

Bear:

Outdoor Flag Ceremony: Requirement 3i Moon Prints-requirement 7A Mission Control Log-requirement 18C(partial-must continue for one more week),18G Astronaut Character Training-1A,3j,8G,11G,18H,21G,24F Nature Walk-elective4 7A Obstacle Course-elective 7A Astronomy/Solar Mobile-elective 1F Other requirements- 7B,9E,12C,15B Other electives-9A (Can count two times for solar mobile and clay alien), 25F

All Scouts:

Archery Belt Loop BB shooting belt loop Map and Compass Belt Loop Map and Compass Pin-requirement 6,10,12 Ultimate Belt Loop Astronomy Belt Loop Leave No Trace-requirement 1,2,4,5,6 Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award